Lake Forest, Illinois, September 8, 2011 – Green Courte Partners, LLC (“Green Courte”) announced today the acquisition of the Parkside Village manufactured housing community, located in the Buffalo, New York suburb of Cheektowaga. The four-star, age-restricted community contains 156 home sites, which have remained 100% occupied since the community was developed in the early 1990’s. With the completion of this acquisition, Green Courte now owns two land-lease communities in Cheektowaga, including Sky Harbor, a family community with 638 home sites, approximately seven miles north of Parkside Village.
Commenting on the acquisition, Randy Rowe, Chairman of Green Courte Partners, LLC, stated, “We are very pleased to add this high quality community to our portfolio. While this was a relatively small acquisition for our third fund, Green Courte Real Estate Partners III, LLC, we are pleased to add to our existing footprint in this market. Our focus continues to be on larger communities, but we will make smaller acquisitions in markets where we already have a presence.”
Green Courte has engaged American Land Lease, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of its second fund, Green Courte Real Estate Partners II, LLC, to manage the community. American Land Lease manages substantially all of the land-lease communities in Green Courte’s portfolio which now includes over 18,100 developed home sites across 49 communities in ten states. American Land Lease will operate the community under their 55+ lifestyle brand, Solstice Communities
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About Green Courte Partners, LLC
Green Courte Partners, LLC is a Chicago-based private equity investment firm targeting niche real estate sectors, including land-lease communities and parking assets. The firm combines focused investment strategies with a disciplined approach to transaction execution and asset management. Green Courte’s goal is to invest in high quality assets that will generate attractive risk-adjusted returns over a long-term holding period.
For additional information, please visit the firm’s website at www.GreenCourtePartners.com
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Randy Rowe
Chairman
847-582-9409
RandyRowe@GreenCourtePartners.com
Jim Goldman
Vice Chairman, Chief Investment Officer
847-582-9403
JimGoldman@GreenCourtePartners.com
Bob Duncan
Managing Director, Retail Investments
847-582-9405
BobDuncan@GreenCourtePartners.com
Kelly Stonebraker
Managing Director, General Counsel
847-582-9417
KellyStonebraker@GreenCourtePartners.com
Stephen Douglass
Managing Director, Asset Management
847-582-9424
SteveDouglass@GreenCourtePartners.com
Michael Tarkington
Managing Director, Chief Accounting Officer
847-582-9423
MichaelTarkington@GreenCourtePartners.com
David Lentz
Managing Director
President and Chief Executive Officer of American Land Lease, Inc.
727-726-8868
David.Lentz@AmericanLandLease.com
Steven Ehrlich
Managing Director, Deputy General Counsel
847-582-9413
StevenEhrlich@GreenCourtePartners.com
Mark Scully
Managing Director
970-870-0552
MarkScully@GreenCourtePartners.com
Randy Kotler
Managing Director
Chief Financial Officer of American Land Lease, Inc.
727-451-1073
Randy.Kotler@AmericanLandLease.com
Jane Mody
Managing Director, Chief Financial Officer
847-235-8665
JaneMody@GreenCourtePartners.com
Keith Bawolek
Managing Director, Parking Acquisitions
847-582-9438
KeithBawolek@GreenCourtePartners.com
Art Greenberg
Managing Director, Senior Tax Advisor
847-582-9400
ArtGreenberg@GreenCourtePartners.com
